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MOSES GREER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

FISH TRAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,857, dated January 23, 1900.

Application led May 31,1899.

To all whom t may concer-7c.'

Be itvknown that I, MOSES GREER, a citizen of the United Sta tes, and a resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Ima provements in Fish Trap-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements on that class of trap-hooks shown in Letters Patent No. 280,610, granted July 3, 1883, of which the essential features are a striker attached to a supporting-rod, upon which it is held by a yielding clamp to elevated position, and a bait-hook pivoted to the striker in such a way that upon the application of tension to the bait-hook the striker will be withdrawn from its retaining-clamp and embedded in the fish. I have found certain defects to exist in the details of the construction of this hook; and it is the object of my present invention to remedy these defects and to produce a hook which shall better serve its purpose and permit o f using with the trap-hook bait-hooks of different sizes.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent hooks involving the principle of my invention,- but varying in details of construction. Fig. 4 represents the hook in use. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are enlarged detail views showing the slip-j oint of the baithook, the spring-clamp for holding the striker, and the hinging-joint of the bait-hook, which permits the latter to be changed at will.

1 represents the supporting-bar, which has hinging connection at 2 with a striker 3, which is held normally in elevation by a yielding clamp 4.

5 represents a bait-hook having pivotal connection at will with the striker, preferably through the medium of a slide 7. The object in providing the slide 7 is to permit the bait hook to move relatively to the striker and in a direction to embed the point of the latter, after the striker has performed its swinging movement, into contact with the sh. With a fixed point of connection between the baithook and the striker the bait-hook would formerly support the weight of the fish and renL Serial No. 718.923. (No model.)

the striker, but does not prevent the latter ilnpaling the fish.

In order to steady the bait-hook in the striker, the slide 7 is provided with a slight swell at 8, which is sufficient to hold the pivot 6 at the end of the slide during the ordinary use of the hook; but said swell readily yields to permit the intended operation after the striker is sprung.

The slide 7 is preferably formed by bending the end of the striker-shank upon itself, so as to form the eye at the joint 2, as well as the slide 7, the end of the bent portion of the shank being connected as shown at 9 in Fig. 1 or as shown at 10 in Fig. 3. The construction of these parts is more clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The second feature of my invention relates to the'interchangeability of the bait-hook 5, so as to permit of using larger or smaller hooks at will. This is preferably accomplished by yconstructing the joint 6 as shown in Fig. 7, from which it will be seen that I have employed the loop 5a on the hook 5 and the telescoping stud 12 and bur 13, the end of the stud projecting, as at 14, for clenching or otherwise securing the parts against separation. The substitution of bait-hooks may also be provided for by having the joint 10 loose, so as to permit the engagement of the guide 7, after which the hooks suitably provided with a head formed by the stud and bur may readily be substituted and the connection 10 rengaged. The presence of the hinging-head 6 of the hook 5 would be in such cases sufficient to hold the connection 10 normally in engagement'. As will be evident 'from Fig. 2, the feature of interchangeability is not inseparable from the feature of the sliding connection of the hook 5 with the striker 3; but said striker 3 may be provided with the pivoting projection 1l, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7, and the hook 5 may be connected with the proj ections 11 instead of with the slide 7.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A trap-hook comprising a supporting-v IOO bait-hook with a yielding force against sliding movement on the striker; substantially 15 as set forth.

4. In a trap-hook, the combination of a striker and the bait-hook secured to the striker through the medium of the telescoping` stud 12 and bur 13; substantially as here- 2o in set forth.

Mosns GREER.

Witnesses:

GUsTAvE REHNBERG, CHAS. J. SIMMONS. 

